Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XII

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 12'In memoriam, W. A.' [William Austin] 'A calendar of the feet of fines for Bedfordshire Pt. III for the reign of Edward I with some earlier fines', edited by G. Herbert Fowler. [1273-1307 and 1183-1272] 'Belverge of Sharpenhoe', by Jos. Hight Blundell. [A minor gentry family c.1200-1415]'The meeting places of Stodden and Redbournstoke hundreds', by F. G. Emmison. 'The writer of the warrant for the arrest of John Bunyan', by F. G. Emmison. [On William Johnson, notary and deputy registrar; 1674-5.] 'Bedfordshire bells, c.1710', compiled by L. H. Chambers. 'Note on the name Helder', by Jos. Hight Blundell. [Discusses the evolution of the surname Spicer to Spicer alias Helder and then simply to Helder, in the period 1500-1542 in Luton and in Lilley, Offley and Hexton (Herts), on the evidence of the register of the Guild of the Holy Trinity of Luton.]